Welcome to 2017 🌟

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Here we are again, the new year is just beginning and this is when I reflect on this past year and look forward to the next 12 months. This year has been full of reflections though. I feel with every blog post I have tried to be self reflecting and used looking back as a way to look forward and see how far I've come. I started the year having to start a new therapy, deal with my relationship with my parents and applying to university. I cannot truly say that I remember most of 2016 well, but I know it was most definitely a turning point in my life. 
2016 was the year that I started my therapy and changed everything in my life to try and regain the strength I'd lost both emotionally and physically due to my ME. I met an amazing OT who has helped me to get to the point in my life where I feel like I can complete my degree and live a life afterwards. I learnt how to look after myself and change my diet so that I get energy from my food rather than feeling sluggish afterwards. I decided that I wasn't going to be a victim of my illness but that I wasn't going to be ashamed of it either. I realised that being truthful about myself to people doesn't push them away, it makes your bond stronger. 
Whilst my therapy was a huge part of this year I also got to see the births of my two incredible nieces! I got to be so proud of my sisters and to hold their little hands and be honoured to be called their aunty. I saw them all learn new things and learn to crawl, walk, talk even! I will never stop being proud to be in their lives and to love them unconditionally (even if they're being sick or worse on me). I got to spend quality time with my family and I am always grateful for that. 
Also this year, I moved to uni and lived on my own for 5 months! This seemed unimaginable this time last year. I was so scared of being a burden to my family and not being able to live an independent life but now I know I can.
Although the world may feel like it's falling apart my 2016 has shown me I am not done, I am a fighter and I have more strength in me than even I thought. 
I have got amazing friends who I have got to see grow and move forward this year and I am so grateful for us all sticking together, kind of crazy it's been 9 years though!
This year has been one of recovery, new birth, new friendships and also, sadly, deaths. However, the most important lesson I've learnt is to look at the past but not let it have power over me. I can't change what's happened then but I can change how I feel about it and my future. We shouldn't try to get back there, what's done is done and now all we have is to look forward and choose a new path. 
I hope that however your 2016 was, that you look on and have a spectacular 2017! Now I'm off to open the bubbly ;)

Happy New Year!!!
Take care
x



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"For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" Hi! I'm a 21 year old student, and this blog is here to document my thoughts, feelings and events that happen in my life. I hope you'll enjoy reading them and get some comfort from knowing that you're not alone. So sit back, grab a cup of decaf tea and join me on this journey we call life.

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